Sarah Jessica Parker launches shoe collection

A mere 15 years after first hitting our screens as Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City, and Sarah Jessica Parker has finally announced that she's making her design debut — to be titled simply, SJP.

Rather fittingly, Parker has chosen to collaborate on the range with George Malkemus, CEO of Manolo Blahnik – the label that, as Bradshaw, she helped put firmly on the fashion map. The accessories line will also feature an edit of bags and a few trench coats.

"Because I got to play that role, I wore a lot of shoes, and by default I learned an enormous amount," she told US Vogue, of her time on Sex and the City. "It's hard to – no pun intended – walk away from that."

The actress is taking inspiration from "great old-school labels like Charles Jourdan and Maud Frizon" for her collection, with the aim of offering "something different" – in terms of shape, colour, and price. Think pared-back, simple and elegant, with pumps and flats priced between $200 (£130), and $300 (£190), and bags for around $700 (£450).

"In a silly way, I think it's what people have expected of me most because of Carrie Bradshaw," she added. "We're putting new colours together that people don't typically do, just beautiful combinations that you wish existed in your closet. And in terms of bags, thinking about that period of the Seventies into the Eighties, what those women were carrying, taking away the bells and the whistles and hardware and really making it about the bag."

The SJP collection will be produced entirely in Europe and New York City, and will be on sale exclusively through US retailer Nordstrom early next year.